nirukti , f. = Skt. id. , Pali nirutti, explanation , not necessarily etymological, of the meaning of a word or text; one of the four pratisaṃvid(ā) , q.v. ; other cases: nānābhinirhāra-nirdeśa-vividha-hetu-kāraṇa-nidarśanārambaṇa-nirukty-upāyakauśalyair SP 41.2, 12 ; 71.7 ; nānānirukti-nirdeśābhilāpanirdeśanair 39.11 ; nānāniruktīhi ca kāraṇehi 45.5 ( vs ), by various explanations and reasons ; nirukti dharmāṇa bahū prajānati 238.1 ( vs ), he knows many explanations of the dharmas ; nirukti-rutebhir Gv 231.3 ( vs ).